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CBC in Paradise

10,000 Birds

By this time the sun was already stinging any exposed skin, as idyllic as the location was the white sand and azure water only served as reflectors, adding to the sensation of being mildly cooked as we counted birds. A Spectacled Thrush foraged among the leaf litter. The Peregrine Falcon after its fleeting interaction with the Merlin.

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Ptarmigan under an Eclipse

10,000 Birds

I’m not much of a fisher these days, so my plan was to auger holes repeatedly through the thick ice, cook, and explore the spectacular valley framed by towering cliffs on both sides. They range from about an hour and a half to nine hours away by snowmobile. We chose a place called Ijjijuarjuq, about midway down.

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Animals as Raw Material

Critter News

From plastics made from feather protein to diesel fuel made from fat to organic fertilizer made from poultry litter, the USA's top meat producers are developing new uses and markets for the animal parts that humans won't eat, says Tom Cook, president of the National Renderers Association in Alexandria, Va.

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